Sri Lanka, Sept. 15 -- A youth, who was arrested for allegedly defacing the World Heritage Site of the Sigiriya Mirror Wall (Kedapath Pavura) by the Sigiriya Police yesterday (14), has been remanded.

The 21-year-old girl has been remanded until September 26 by the Dambulla District Judge Nilantha Wimalaratne, Ada Derana reporter said.

The suspect, a resident of Avissawella, is reported to have scribbled on the historic Mirror Wall using a hairpin while visiting Sigiriya with a group of others, said police.

Police stated while visiting Sigiriya with a group of factory workers on a field trip, she was seen writing six English letters on the wall.

Archaeological officers, who witnessed the act, immediately apprehended the woman and hande...